JOHNSTONES PAINT TROPHY Yeovil edge past Torquay
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- Created on Tuesday, 16 October 2012 23:18
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 11:18
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Gary Johnson says Yeovil Town have something to look forward to following a 5-4 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy penalty shoot-out win at Torquay.
Yeovil now host Wycombe Wanderers in the JPT southern area quarter finals, week commencing December 3.
Glovers boss Johnson said: “It’s a one-off tie, we are through and now we have got a home quarter-final to look forward to, which is good for us and the fans.”
Keanu Marsh-Brown smashed in the fifth Yeovil penalty after keeper Marek Stech had saved Torquay’s third penalty taken by Thomas Cruise.
The second round tie finished 2-2 after 90 minutes with two goals for Torquay’s recalled striker Ryan Jarvis and two – including a stoppage time leveller – for Yeovil number nine James Hayter.
Johnson revealed: “We practised our penalties this morning and I can tell you now they were absolutely useless.
“So (assistant manager) Terry Skiverton and I decided to pick the penalty takers on the strength of their game and that’s what we did and we got all five penalties, which was a much better percentage than we had in training this morning. We put Keanu in fifth because we thought he was our man of the match.”
Gulls manager Martin Ling said: “We are obviously disappointed because we took the lead twice and let them get back twice.
“We are unhappy to go that close, and then to lose 5-4 on penalties.
“It’s disappointing as a manager because you start thinking you could have Wycombe at home next round and then you are not that far from Wembley but it wasn’t to be.”
SWSN star Keanu Marsh-Brown
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